My Teaching and research interests: Plant physiology with strong focus on stress physiology, ecophysiology, mineral nutrition and biofertilizer technology, Crop growth, development and yield and postharvest physiology of crops, Climate change. Research interests are: Phytoremediation and micro-remediation, Soil fertility restoration, Crop yield and food security, Herbal medicine

1. Narura, Abdulkadir K., Jamilu E. Ssenku, Ali Kudamba, Shaban A. Okurut, AidahNamuli, Noor Nansikombi, JoweriaNakizito, Hussein M. Kafeero, and Abdul Walusansa. (2024). “The environmental conservation strategies used in secondary schools align with guidelines of united nations environmental program: Evidence from a Cross-Sectional Study in a City Setting”. Asian Journal of Environment & Ecology23 (7):200-230. https://doi.org/10.9734/ajee/2024/v23i7575.
2. Tugume, P., Mustafa, A. S., Walusansa, A., Ojelel, S., Nyachwo, E. B., Muhumuza, E., Nampeera, M., Kabbale, F., &Ssenku, J. E*. (2024). Unravelling taboos and cultural beliefs associated with hidden hunger among pregnant and breast-feeding women in Buyende district Eastern Uganda. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 20(1), 46. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-024-00682-z
3. Kudamba, A., Kasolo, J. N., Bbosa, G. S., Lugaajju, A., Wabinga, H., Kafeero, H. M., Ssenku, E. J, Alemu, S. O., Walusansa, A., Niyonzima, N. &Muwonge, H. (2024). Review of Herbal Medicinal Plants Used in the Management of Cancers in the East Africa Region from 2019 to 2023. Integrative Cancer Therapies, 23, 15347354241235583.
4. Anywar, Godwin, Jane Namukobe, Patience Tugume, Ssenku E.Jamilu, Moses Okol, and Julius Mulindwa (2024). “Biosorption of Volatile Organic Compounds.” In Biosorbents, pp. 228-248. CRC Press.
5. Ssenku, E.J., Naziriwo, B., Kutesakwe, J., Mustafa, A. S., Kayeera, D., &Tebandeke, E. (2023). Mercury Accumulation in Food Crops and Phytoremediation Potential of Wild Plants Thriving in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Areas in Uganda. Pollutants, 3(2), 181-196. doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/pollutants3020014
6. Mustafa, A.S., Ssenku, E. J.,Nyachwo, E.B., Ruto, CG., Bunani, N., Musimami G, Maseruka R., Anywar G          2023    Assessing knowledge and willingness to use genetically modified crops in Uganda.           12        28        BMC Agriculture & Food Securityhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s40066-023-00434-4
7. Kudamba, A., Kasolo, J. N., Bbosa, G. S., Lugaajju, A., Wabinga, H., Niyonzima, N., Ssenku J &Muwonge, H. (2023). Medicinal plants used in the management of cancers by residents in the Elgon Sub-Region, Uganda. BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, 23(1), 450.  23:450 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-023-04273-5
8. Walusansa, A., Ssenku, E. J., Tugume, A. K., Asiimwe, S., Kafeero, H. M., Aruhomukama, D., . . . Kakudidi, E. K. (2023). Global evidence on the potential of some Ugandan herbal medicines to mitigate antibiotic resistance: A meta-analysis across 2½ decades. Journal of Herbal Medicine, 100698. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hermed.2023.100698
9. Anywar, G., Tugume, P., &Ssenku, E. J. (2023). 23 Trigonellafoenum-graceumand stressful conditions. In A. H. A. E. Latef (Ed.), Medicinal Plant Responses to Stressful Conditions. Boca Raton: Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003242963
10. Esaete, J., Muwanika, V. B., Nampanzira, D. K., Ssenku, E.J.&Tabuti, J. R. S. (2022). Understory floristic diversity and soil seed bank status of planted and unplanted portions of South Busoga Forest Reserve, Eastern Uganda. Tropical Ecology. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s42965-022-00282-6
11. Lydia, N., Basamba, T. A., Nyakoojo, C., Mustafa, A. S., Saidi, N., Mutumba, G. M., &Ssenku, E.J. (2023). Ecological distribution and genetic diversity of Azolla in Uganda. BMC Plant Biology, 23(1), 131. doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-023-04146-6
12. Ssenku, E.J.,Tugume, P., &Anywar, G. (2023). 3 Anethumgraveolens and Stressful Conditions. In A. A. H. A. E. Latef (Ed.), Medicinal Plant Responses to Stressful Conditions (pp. 1). Boca Raton: Taylor and Francis CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003242963
13. Tugume, P., Ssenku, E.J., &Anywar, G. (2023). 8 Cuminumcyminum and Stressful Conditions. In A. A. H. A. E. Latef (Ed.), Medicinal Plant Responses to Stressful Conditions. Boca Raton: Taylor and Francis CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003242963
14. Ssenku E., Walusansa, A., Oryem-Origa, H., Ssemanda, P., Ntambi, S. and Sadik, M., A. (2022). Bacterial and chemical profiles of oil-polluted sites in selected cities of Uganda: potential for developing a bacterial-based product for remediation of oil-polluted sites BMC Microbiology https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-022-02541-x
15. Ssenku E.J*.,Okurut, S. A., Namuli, A., Kudamba^, , Tugume, P., Paul Matovu^. P., Wasige^. G, Kafeero, H. M.and Walusansa. A (2022). Medicinal plant use, Conservation and the Associated Traditional Knowledge in the rural Communities in Eastern Uganda. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-022-00428-1
16. Mustafa, A. S., Tugume, B., Ssenku, E. J.,Ssemanda, P., Athman, S., Oryem-Origa, H., Kubiriba, J Savithramma D. K. &Tugume, A. (2022). Xanthomonas campestris musacearum bacterial infection induces organ-specific callose and hydrogen peroxide production in banana. PhytoFrontiers(ja). null. https://doi.org/10.1094/phytofr-11-21-0073-r
17. Kafeero, H. M., Ndagire, D., Ocama, P., Kato, C. D., Wampande, E., Kajumbula, H., Abdul Walusansa, A., Kudamba, A., Kigozi, E.,Katabazi,F. A., Namaganda,M. M., Ssenku, E. J&Sendagire^, (2022). Disproportionate Distribution of HBV Genotypes A and D and the Recombinant Genotype D/E in the High and Low HBV Endemic Regions of Uganda: A Wake-Up Call for Regional Specific HBV Management. International Journal of Hepatology,.
18. Mustafa, A. S., Ssenku, E. J., Ssemanda, P., Ntambi, S., Dinesh-Kumar, S. P., &Tugume, A. K. (2022). Sandwich Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Quantification of Callose. Methods and Protocols, 5(4), 54. https://doi.org/doi:10.3390/mps5040054
19. Kafeero, H. M., Ndagire, D., Ocama, P., Kato, C. D., Wampande, E., Kajumbula, H., Kateete. P. A., Walusansa, A., Kudamba, A., Ssenku, E. J. &Sendagire, H. (2022). TREAT-B Algorithm for Treatment Eligibility Among Chronically Infected Hepatitis B Virus Persons in a Low and a High Endemic Region: A Potential Strategy Towards Virus Elimination by 2030. Frontiers in Virology, 2. https://doi.org/10.3389/fviro.2022.754711
20. Walusansa, A., Asiimwe, S., Nakavuma, J. L., Ssenku, E., J.,Katuura, E., Kafeero, H. M., Aruhomukama, D., Nabatanzi, A., Anywar, G., Tugume, A. K., &Kakudidi, E. K. (2022). Antibiotic-resistance in medically important bacteria isolated from commercial herbal medicines in Africa from 2000 to 2021: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, 11(1), 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-022-01054-6
21. Mustafa, A. S., Ssenku, J. E.,Ssemanda, P., Ntambi, S., Dinesh-Kumar, S. P., &Tugume, A. K. (2022). Sandwich Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Quantification of Callose. Methods and Protocols, 5(4), 54. https://doi.org/doi:10.3390/mps5040054
22. Ssenku, E., J., Nabyonga, L., Kitalikyawe, J. Ntambi, S., Aguttu, A., & Abubakar S. M. (2021)Potential of Azollapinnata Br. green manure for boosting soil fertility and yield of terrestrial crops in Uganda: a case study of Eleusinecoracana (L.) Gaertn. J. Crop Sci. Biotechnol. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12892-021-00108-2
23. Kudamba, A., Walusansa, A., Ssenku, E., J.,Okurut, S. A., Namagembe, H., Nakitende, S., Mubajje, M. S., &Kafero, H. M. (2021). Assessment of the Adherence to Standard Operating Procedures of Covid-19 among Market Vendors in Sironko District. Asian Journal of Medicine and Health, 19(9), 30-43. https://doi.org/10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i930364
24. Walusansa, A., Iramiot, J. S., Mpagi, J. L., Kudamba, A., Okurut, S. A., Namuli, A., Wasige, G., Nabuuma, H., Kafeero, H. M., Lubowa, M., &Ssenku, E. J. (2021). COVID-19 in the Eyes of Community Leaders in Selected Rural Districts in Eastern Uganda. Journal of Advances in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 23(4), 20-37. https://doi.org/10.9734/jamps/2021/v23i430230
25. Warsame, A. E., Ssenku, E., , Mpagi, J. L., Iramiot, S. J., Okurut, S. A., Kudamba, A., Nkambo, M., Namuli, A., Nakizito, J., Gidudu, G., Nabuuma, H., Kafeero, H. M., Nachuha, S., & Walusansa, A. (2021). The Malaria-Poverty Dilemma in Peri-Urban University Communities in Eastern Uganda. Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research, 33(10), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i1030905
26. Walusansa, A., Asiimwe, S., Kafeero, H. M., Stanley, I. J., Ssenku, E., , Nakavuma, J. L., &Kakudidi, E. K. (2021). Prevalence and dynamics of clinically significant bacterial contaminants in herbal medicines sold in East Africa from 2000 to 2020: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Trop Med Health, 49(1), 10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-020-00295-8
27. Walusansa, A., Asiimwe, S., Ssenku, E.J., Anywar, G., Namara, M., Nakavuma, J. L., &Kakudidi, E. K. (2022). Herbal medicine used for the treatment of diarrhea and cough in Kampala city, Uganda. Tropical Medicine and Health, 50(1), 5. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-021-00389-x
28. Ssenku, E. J., Ntale, M., Ingvar and Oryem-Origa, H., (2017). Phytoremediation Potential of Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit. for Heavy Metal-Polluted and Heavy Metal-Degraded Environments, In: Kuldeep Bauddh et al. (Eds): Phytoremediation Potential of Bioenergy Plants, Springer, ISBN 978-981- 10-3084- 0
29. Ssenku, E. J., Ntale, M., Ingvar, B. and Oryem-Origa, H., (2014). Assessment of Seedling Establishment and Growth Performance of Leucaena leucocephala(Lam.) De Wit., Senna siamea(Lam.) and Eucalyptus grandis Hill ex Maid. in Amended and Untreated Pyrite and Copper Tailings. Journal of Biosciences and Medicines, 2: 33-50.
30. Ssenku, E. J., Ntale, M. and Oryem-Origa, H., (2014). The Efficacy of compost, limestone, and growth of Leucaena leucocephala(Lam.) de wit, Senna siamea(Lam.) and Eucalyptus grandis Hill ex Maid. for the restoration of bacterial functional diversity in the rhizosphere in copper tailings and pyrite soils.Journal of Natural Science Research, 4: 39-54.
31. Ssenku, E. J.,Ntale, M., Ingvar, B., Kari, L. and Oryem-Origa, H., (2014). Dynamics of plant species during phytostabilisation of copper mine tailings and pyrite soils, Western Uganda. Journal of Environmental Engineering and Ecological Science, 3: 1-12.
32. Ssenku, E. J. Ntale, M. and Oryem-Origa, H., (2014). Physico-chemical characteristics of copper tailings and pyrite soils in Western Uganda: Implication for International Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Analysis, 2(4): 191-198.